Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called out National Public Radio (NPR) for bias against conservatives in a video posted to X Tuesday.
President Donald Trump announced that NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) would no longer receive funding in a Thursday executive order, citing bias in favor of left-wing perspectives. Cruz noted that Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington made comments about the order, before electing to tell “the rest of the story.”
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“The Communications Act requires public media entities, like NPR, to strictly adhere to ‘objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs on a controversial nature,’” Cruz said. “Unfortunately, NPR does not. Last Congress, I put out a detailed report how NPR took millions in earmarked donations from left-wing mega-donors for very specific coverage.”
“After receiving those donations, NPR churned out content precisely mirroring its donors’ agendas,” Cruz continued. “Likewise, the Congressionally-chartered independent television service, paid for documentaries like, ‘Racist Trees’ to appear on PBS. NPR CEO Katherine Maher continues to deny that NPR has a serious story selection problem, even when senior editors are resigning because the bias is so overwhelming.”
Uri Berliner, who cited examples of the network’s bias in an essay published by the Free Press April 9 that outlined the network’s lack of “viewpoint diversity,” posted an announcement of his resignation from the taxpayer-funded media outlet on X April 17, one day after news he was suspended without pay broke.
“NPR continues to have a dedicated news desk for climate and for race, both of which are propped up by liberal mega-donors,” Cruz said. “This is the same woman, who in January 2020, months before the death of George Floyd, tweeted, ‘Yes, the North, Yes, all of us. Yes, America. Yes, our original collective sin and unpaid debt. Yes, reparations. Yes, on this day.’”
“I think it’s more than time for some accountability,” Cruz said.
NPR didn’t immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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